Englishmum

Here in Switzerland the Euro isn't the local currency (it may be accepted in some places frequented by tourists but with a poor exchange rate). Swiss Francs (CHF) are necessary.

Many restaurants and shops don't take American Express/Diners cards either and some places only take cash!

OTOH tipping is not necessary

cindyabs

Those canny Swiss.

Yorkieabroad

You mean you don't
Good god they're letting any old riff raff in here these days....where are the moderators when you need them? Just can't get the staff....can't get the staff...

Lorna at Vicenza

Probably because Switzerland isn't part of the EU.

cindyabs

I repeat, those canny Swiss.

sir_eccles

This is true!

Living in t' north I knew of people for whom a shopping trip to Manchester city center was a really big deal. Quite fancy you going to Manchester to do your shopping now are you, t' Market here no good for you then?

Not to mention the "meat and two veg" brigade who "won't touch that foreign stuff".

Hiro11

This American went there on his honeymoon and therefore knows where it is. I highly recommend The Reefs Hotel and Club. They make a deadly rum swizzle.

Bob

That caught me out once, biked around Lake Bordensee, had Austrian Shillings and German Marks, but no Francs, didn't even realise we had crossed the border yet and queued up for a half hour for a ice cream and then couldn't get the damn thing. Should have gone to the none busy place across the street in Germany

jeffreyhy

For many Americans, going to another state is foreign travel especially if it's beyond their region. So yeah, aren't dollars accepted everywhere?

Regards, JEff

Sally Redux

Well they have an Eiffel Tower and Venetian canal in Vegas

Pulaski

There's most of Europe at Epcot, and they all take dollars, doesn't it work the same in that other Europe?

Sally Redux

Yellowroom's company should just hold their meetings at Epcot.

yellowroom

There is a long and boring story about why and how our meeting this year is where it is, but that suggestion is just a little too close to the bone....

Married2abrit

My British husband and I were at a wedding reception in 2006 when another couple (also guests) began talking. The lady said she thought it would be nice to see England and Ireland and she was trying to get her boyfriend to take her in the future. My husband asked what she was looking forward to seeing and she replied the thousands of castles. He said why do you think there are thousands of castles and she replied that every single person lived in their own castle. The look on my husband's face was priceless and that was my cue to leave and get more punch.

Yorkieabroad

Not to mention Pyramids and the Empire State Building!

Anyway, everyone knows Paris is really in Texas...so yes, they do use dollars (until the Lone Star State secedes anyway)